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Majority of Canadians have now caught COVID--study

Wed, 2022-09-14 14:26 — mike kraft

ANALYSIS | Majority of Canadians have now caught COVID — so what does that mean for the future? | CBC News The majority of Canadians have caught COVID-19 since Omicron and its highly contagious subvariants triggered enormous waves of infection this year — with new estimates suggesting almost two-thirds of the population have had it. CBC

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Researchers in British Columbia analyzed close to 14,000 blood samples in the Lower Mainland throughout the pandemic to track antibody levels in the general population, and found a massive shift in the number of infections in the past few months.

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The Most Common Side Effects Of The New Bivalent COVID Booster

Tue, 2022-09-13 17:24 — mike kraft

The Most Common Side Effects Of The New Bivalent COVID Booster Here's what you can expect when you get the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine and how you can ease any symptoms. YahooNews

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The White House is planning the end stages of its Covid emergency response. But first, it needs to survive the winter.

Mon, 2022-09-12 18:31 — mike kraft

Covid is here to stay, but the White House response team is eyeing its endgame The White House is planning the end stages of its Covid emergency response. But first, it needs to survive the winter. POLITICO

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Even as it braces for a perilous winter, the Biden administration is planning a restructuring of its approach to major elements of the coronavirus response — a gradual shift that some administration officials now speculate could begin the phaseout of the White House Covid team as soon as the middle of next year.

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Taking Covid booster and flu shots at same time in early autumn may be too early for the flu.

Mon, 2022-09-12 18:20 — mike kraft

Push to double up on Covid booster and flu shot may have a downside, experts caution The protection from flu vaccines erodes pretty quickly over a flu season. A dose given in early September may offer limited protection by February or March. Helen Branswell STAT

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A number of studies have shown that the benefit of a flu shot wanes substantially over the course of a flu season — exacerbating effectiveness problems that are frequently seen when some of the strains in the vaccine aren’t well matched to the strains making people sick....

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EU regulator clears Pfizer-BioNTech’s tweaked COVID booster

Mon, 2022-09-12 17:43 — mike kraft

EU regulator clears Pfizer-BioNTech's tweaked COVID booster LONDON (AP) — The European Medicines Agency has recommended the authorization of a tweaked booster dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine that includes protection against two of the latest versions of omicron, as countries look to bolster their immunization programs ahead of winter. AP NEWS

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Climate change may make pandemics like COVID-19 much more common --study

Mon, 2022-09-12 15:07 — mike kraft

Climate change may make pandemics like COVID-19 much more common "We can't deal with pandemics with Band-Aids. Meaning after waiting until diseases show up, and then trying to figure out how to solve them." ABC News ABC News

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China’s covid lockdown continues; people plead for food, medical care

Mon, 2022-09-12 14:48 — mike kraft

Stuck in China’s covid lockdown, people plead for food, medical care While much of the world is moving past the pandemic, Beijing's orders to maintain “zero covid" ahead of a leadership meeting are taking an enormous toll. Washington Post

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Omicron variant BA.4.6 evades protection of Evusheld's antibodies, study finds

Thu, 2022-09-08 22:23 — mike kraft

New Omicron offshoot BA.4.6 evades protection of Evusheld's antibodies, study finds The antibodies in Evusheld, the only therapy available to protect people with reduced immune function against Covid-19, may lose their punch against the BA.4.6 subvariant, a new study shows. Brenda Goodman, CNN CNN

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Discussion: Can you get a flu shot and COVID booster during the same visit?

Thu, 2022-09-08 16:41 — mike kraft

Can you get a flu shot and COVID booster during the same visit? Here’s what to know The flu season has arrived as the FDA authorized new, updated COVID-19 booster shots made by Pfizer and Moderna. YahooNews

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Myocarditis from COVID-19 booster rare, but risk highest among teen boys, young men--study

Thu, 2022-09-08 16:27 — mike kraft

Myocarditis from COVID-19 booster rare, but risk highest among teen boys, young men Cases of myocarditis – an inflammation of the heart muscle – following a third dose of the Pfizer vaccine are rare and typically mild, research from Israel shows. www.heart.org

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